The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), which pioneered supercomputing in India, is now assisting the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in establishing a national agricultural bioinformatics grid.
This initiative, the first of its kind here, will help scientists enhance agricultural productivity and also address problems like food security.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/super-computer-be-used-agricultural-research
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/daily-news-analysis-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-council-agricultural-research-icar
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-research
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pune-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-bureau-plant-genetic-resources-nbpgr